Fomalhaut

Constellation:
Piscis Austrinus

Also known as Piscis Australis is Latin for "the Southern Fish" and represents a pair of fish. It contains the star Fomalhaut with first-magnitude brightness. This constellation was also another one of Ptolemy's original 48 constellations. This constellation is significant in Greek mythology and is said to be swallowing the water being poured out of the other constellation, Aquarius)

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/images/stars/Fomalhaut.gif


Star:
Fomalhaut
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/NASA's_Hubble_Reveals_Rogue_Planetary_Orbit_For_Fomalhaut_B.jpg

Chemical components:
Hydrogen is most abundant

Location:
Right ascension: 22h 57m 39.0465s
Declination: −29° 37′ 20.050″

Spectrum Analysis of most abundant chemical (Hydrogen):



Stellar Classification:
Class A3 V (type A main sequence star)




http://www.umop.net/spctelem.htm
http://www.astronoo.com/en/brightest-stars.html
http://stars.chromeexperiments.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piscis_Austrinus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomalhaut

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